Breadfruit Festival Goes Bananas 2012

Breadfruit Festival Goes Bananas took place on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in South Kona and was attended by 1,900 people. The event celebrates the cultural and culinary aspects of breadfruit and banana, both of which were nutritionally important food staples and played a major role in the cultural, material and spiritual life of ancient Hawaiians. The event was sponsored by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s Kūkulu Ola—Living Hawaiian Culture Program administered by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Doc Buyers Fund at Hawaii Community Foundation, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kamehameha Schools, Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Kamehameha Investment Corporation, Ho‘oulu Lāhui, Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter School, West Hawai‘i Community College Culinary Arts Program, and Big Island Resource Conservation and Development.